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Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday

208 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
nonfiction memoir music emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag

Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

Journals of Susan Sontag #1

Susan Sontag

336 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
La casa degli spiriti by Isabel Allende

La casa degli spiriti

Del Valle Family #3

Isabel Allende

364 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
fiction historical literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Chiamate la levatrice by Jennifer Worth, Carla De Caro

Chiamate la levatrice

The Midwife Trilogy #1

Jennifer Worth, Carla De Caro

504 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
nonfiction biography history memoir dark funny informative medium-paced
Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It As It Lays

Joan Didion

231 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
Faithfull: An Autobiography by David Dalton, Marianne Faithfull

Faithfull: An Autobiography

David Dalton, Marianne Faithfull

336 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
nonfiction biography memoir music informative fast-paced
Our Blood: Prophecies and Discourses on Sexual Politics by Andrea Dworkin

Our Blood: Prophecies and Discourses on Sexual Politics

Andrea Dworkin

118 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

5.0amourfou's review
nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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